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Regions of the Desert Southwest

The Images are taken in different regions of the Desert Southwest to include the Colorado Plateau, basin and range province. The images are from state parks, national parks, national monuments and other historic areas.

Young Joshua Tree

I captured this grove of young Joshua trees in Joshua Tree National Park. The Joshua tree is ​a yucca plant. Joshua trees are fast growers for the desert; new seedlings may grow at an average rate of 3.0 inches per year in their first ten years, then only about 1.5 inches per year. It can live for hundreds of years; some specimens survive a thousand years. The tallest trees reach about 49 ft. The upper elevation in Joshua Tree National Park has a forest of these beautiful plants.​